I suspect that you'll only get the visual voicemail with an O2 iPhone contract. You could probably get EDGE on a normal O2 contract for extra charge.
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US unlocked iPhone in UK on O2
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I suspect that you'll only get the visual voicemail with an O2 iPhone contract. You could probably get EDGE on a normal O2 contract for extra charge.
i think they're charging about 7 quid for unlimited data - however surely i can benefit from edge weather ive got unlimited data or not?
Oh yeah, the usual GPRS rates probably. For a device like this I'd say that 7 quid is worth it.
I am in a situation much like yours.
I am a long time O2 customer and as such over the years I have haggled down my tariff to a price that I am very happy with. I wanted an iPhone and had 2 options.
1. Wait for the UK iPhone and accept an O2 contract that is almost double the monthly cost for almost half the amount of minutes/text and fork out £270 for the phone itself.
2. Buy a hacked US iPhone, keep my current tariff and perhaps sell any handset O2 provide me with when I renew my contract to help reduce the cost of the hacked handset.
I went for option #2. My iPhone arrived last week and despite a few flaws, I am in love with it.
Now I have a couple question for other UK O2 customers using a US iPhone.
GPRS/Edge/WiFi - You can pay £7 for a bolt-on that will give unlimited data access right? sounds like a good deal when Edge becomes available (it might be already, I dunno) but what is the unlimited WiFi all about? does it give you access in public hotspots? and is that included in that £7 bolt on?
I spoke to someone at O2 who couldnt tell me what the WiFi was, they also told me that it is for iPhone customers only and not availble seperatly for other customers. Is this correct?
I am a long time O2 customer and as such over the years I have haggled down my tariff to a price that I am very happy with. I wanted an iPhone and had 2 options.
1. Wait for the UK iPhone and accept an O2 contract that is almost double the monthly cost for almost half the amount of minutes/text and fork out £270 for the phone itself.
2. Buy a hacked US iPhone, keep my current tariff and perhaps sell any handset O2 provide me with when I renew my contract to help reduce the cost of the hacked handset.
I went for option #2. My iPhone arrived last week and despite a few flaws, I am in love with it.
Now I have a couple question for other UK O2 customers using a US iPhone.
GPRS/Edge/WiFi - You can pay £7 for a bolt-on that will give unlimited data access right? sounds like a good deal when Edge becomes available (it might be already, I dunno) but what is the unlimited WiFi all about? does it give you access in public hotspots? and is that included in that £7 bolt on?
I spoke to someone at O2 who couldnt tell me what the WiFi was, they also told me that it is for iPhone customers only and not availble seperatly for other customers. Is this correct?
The Unlimited bolt-on isnt that unlimited you have a 200MB monthly fair use policy. While the WiFi, is with the cloud and it will only be available for people that buy an iphone from o2 and have an o2 iPhone contract. Bolt-on will not have the free wifi.
Ah I see, thank you very much for this information. So am I right in thinking that http://www.thecloud.net/page/21/For-you/Cloud-Unlimited/Cloud-Unlimited is the exact same thing that o2 are offering in the iPhone contracts?
With the £7 bolt on and £7 cloud access, I am starting to see why the iPhone tariffs start at £35pm.
It is worth it. I am going to talk to vodafone today and find out what data package they can offer me. It's amazing. The iPhone really is amazing. I didn't think it would be... this good.
i think the free wifi can be obtained by getting this: -
https://hotspot.thecloud.net/cloud-ssg-web/resellerUltraTalkInputForm.do?rid=68
they link it to ur 'device' (ipod touch/iphone) by the device's MAC address...
the cloud don't care if your iphone is unlocked!
As much as I'm unlikley to use the cloud access, in my head I can justify the iPhone tariff.
Only 23 days to go.
To answer your question:
I think the thread got sidetracked slightly by the naysayers.
To answer your question: It depends on the coverage in your area. What is the O2 EDGE/GPRS coverage going to be (a bit of speculation I am afraid but they will be concentrating their roll out of EDGE in densely populated areas).
What is the Vodaphone EDGE/GPRS coverage like now?
Voda do a £5 or maybe £7.50 a month unlimited data package similar to O2.
Loads of people are unlocking, 1.1.1 is cracked with a easy interface days away.
Mine arrives tomorrow morning. Good luck.
I think the thread got sidetracked slightly by the naysayers.
To answer your question: It depends on the coverage in your area. What is the O2 EDGE/GPRS coverage going to be (a bit of speculation I am afraid but they will be concentrating their roll out of EDGE in densely populated areas).
What is the Vodaphone EDGE/GPRS coverage like now?
Voda do a £5 or maybe £7.50 a month unlimited data package similar to O2.
Loads of people are unlocking, 1.1.1 is cracked with a easy interface days away.
Mine arrives tomorrow morning. Good luck.